04 Higher Design Manufacture - Ergonomics

What is the study of ergonomics focused on?

• Improving interactions between plants and their products or environment

• Improving interactions between machines and their products or environment

• Improving interactions between animals and their products or environment

• Improving interactions between people and their products or environment

During which time period did ergonomics emerge as a scientific discipline?

• 1700s

• 2000s

• 1900s

• 1800s

What is the importance of ergonomics in design?

• To make tasks easier, less frustrating, more comfortable, and safer to carry out

• To make tasks more complicated and time-consuming

• To make tasks more dangerous and risky

• To make tasks harder, more frustrating, less comfortable, and unsafe to carry out

What did the Time and Motion study by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth aim to do?

• Study the concept of time and motion in psychology

• Study the concept of time and motion in physics

• Reduce the amount of unnecessary motions required to perform a task

• Increase the amount of unnecessary motions required to perform a task

What was the focus of the studies carried out on the design of aircraft cockpits?

• Ensuring the control-panel layout was difficult to understand and controls were out of reach of all pilots

• Ensuring the control-panel layout was easy to understand and all controls were within easy reach of all pilots

• Ensuring the control-panel layout was confusing and controls were hard to operate

• Ensuring the control-panel layout was irrelevant and controls were unnecessary

What is the psychological aspect of ergonomics focused on?

• The study of mental processes such as perception and memory

• The study of the range of movement, fatigue, and strength of the human body

• The study of the interaction between people and their products or environment

• The study of physical characteristics and mechanisms of the human body

What is the physiological aspect of ergonomics focused on?

• The study of physical characteristics and mechanisms of the human body

• The study of the range of movement, fatigue, and strength of the human body

• The study of the interaction between people and their products or environment

• The study of mental processes such as perception and memory

What is the anthropometric aspect of ergonomics focused on?

• The study of the interaction between people and their products or environment

• The study of physical characteristics and mechanisms of the human body

• The study of mental processes such as perception and memory

• The study of the range of movement, fatigue, and strength of the human body

What is the goal of user-centred design?

• To make it easy for the user to determine what actions can be carried out, understand the results of their actions, evaluate the current state of the product, and interact naturally with the product's layout

• To make it difficult for the user to determine what actions can be carried out, understand the results of their actions, evaluate the current state of the product, and interact naturally with the product's layout

• To confuse the user about what actions can be carried out, understand the results of their actions, evaluate the current state of the product, and interact naturally with the product's layout

• To make it easy for the user to determine what actions can be carried out, but difficult to understand the results of their actions, evaluate the current state of the product, and interact naturally with the product's layout

What is the purpose of the arthritis simulation glove used in product development?

• To restrict the wearer's finger strength and movement, allowing a true evaluation of the ease of use of the product design

• To enhance the wearer's finger strength and movement, allowing a true evaluation of the ease of use of the product design

• To have no impact on the wearer's finger strength and movement, allowing a true evaluation of the ease of use of the product design

• To confuse the wearer about the ease of use of the product design